Hello Yellow

I think that I've mentioned before that I need a few yellow clothes to wear to my children's sports days, which is why I nabbed this Milly knit from EmmaOneSock.  I started with a pattern for a raglan t-shirt, cut off from RTW (shown in this post).  I used the scraps to make that thingy bit on the front.

I'm loving the white trousers, but I've really had to work to wear them.  They were a bit tricky to sew in the first place.  Then the buckle broke and I redesigned the top closure to do away with a buckle.  After that they shrunk almost 4 inches in the wash.  I kid you not.  I had pre-washed the fabric before sewing and I had even put them through the wash previously without shrinkage.  I suspect that in my climate, the drying time affects the shrinkage.  On really humid days, when the washing doesn't ever seem to dry properly, I don't get as much shrinkage as windy, dry days when the washing is dry in an hour or two.  The fabric wasn't labelled when I bought it, so now I am wondering if it had some tencel in it, as that is my only other experience of such drastic shrinkage.  Luckily for me, I made the originals with a really deep hem.  I have let all of that out and just have the tiniest turn-up now.  If they shrink again, I'll have to wear them as capris.


The clutch is one I adapted from Nicole Mallalieu's new book "you sew, girl!".  I was going to do a review of this book, as it is rather interesting and I have picked up a few tips from it, but that will have to wait, as I lent the messenger bag I made to a friend who is going overseas and won't get it back for about 6 weeks.  I  borrowed the book from my library but I am thinking of buying a copy for myself.  The book includes patterns for bags, belts, children's clothing and directions for patternless clothing for women.